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WWII Japanese Officer Swords found in GUam
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Conducting UXO clearance at a site in Guam, our UXO technicians found a pair of WWII Japanese Officer swords at the site today! Relic condition, but still!
I wish I could keep them! But alas, we turned them over to the base archaeologist, who nearly had a heart attack, LOL
I've found a number of nifty artifacts this trip around, and will post them in the next week or so.
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Return to Guam, Spring 2012
Guam, USA |
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A long-overdue return trip to Guam. Didn't get as much time to wander as last time, but still tried to make as much out of it as I could. Found some nifty stuff, including some U.S. rifle rounds, two large copper rifling bands from US naval guns, a nice brass artillery siting screw (3 oclock position), and an interesting lead syringe(?) tip (11 oclock position). Anyone know what the two spark-plug-looking items are?
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First trip to Guam
Guam, USA |
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I should have posted this one first.
Before we conducted work at the site, we had some ex-Navy UXO guys screen the site for possible WWII UXO. They found two US "pineapple" hand grenades and a complete, unexploded US Navy 5" projectile (destroyer, cruiser or battleship). These were subsquently safely removed by Navy ordinance and blowup on-island before we started work.... |
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Guam World War II Artifacts
Guam, USA |
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I had an opportunity (the first of many upcoming) to head to Guam for business. I was there for several weeks. There are some fossil shells to be had in the Eocene limestone that comprises half the island, but they were non-descript, and I didn't find any of the rare Eocene crabs at the one locale I tracked down.
HOWEVER, as Guam was the site of a vicious World War II battle between the Americans & the Japanese, I did some beach combing and found a lot of nifty WWII artifacts!
I foun... |
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